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Our Tours are Urban Adventures!

About our Photo Tours

Adventures thru the Lens Photo Tours are Urban Adventures. The goal is for travelers to:


• Discover and experience a city through the eyes of a local photographer.
• Encourage the observation of new viewpoints and interesting details which might easily be overlooked.
• To improve photography technique.
• To have a more interesting experience and involvement when visiting a city.
• Have fun
 

Our English-speaking Photographers have in-depth local knowledge, a passion for their city and for the art of photography.

Photographers are carefully selected for their breadth of style and experience in either travel or photo-documentary/reportage.
So bring your camera and be prepared to walk, shoot and click


London Photo Tours

 Group Tours                                                                                      

St Paul's to Tower Bridge

We walk South around the rear of St. Paul's Cathedral towards the Millennium Bridge. Striking images of the bridge and St. Paul¹s and the bridge can be taken all the way along this route. The views from the middle of the Millennium Bridge particularly towards Tower Bridge are superb. We then walk along the South bank past the Globe Theatre, past Winchester Palace and Francis Drake¹s ship The Golden Hind London where the mix of contemporary and medieval make spectacular images. The tour continues over London Bridge, past HMS Belfast and ends at probably the most spectacular parts of London to photograph, Tower Bridge and the new City Hall development. We review the images in detail together in one of the local cafes below Tower Bridge.

IN SEASON: From April 1 to October 31

STARTING POINT:  Meet at St Paul’s Tube on Panyer Alley EC4, at the Café Nero next to the station.

ENDING POINT: Tower Bridge

Saturday : 9:00am - 1:00pm

Languages: English, Portugese, Spanish

Tour Fee per person : 125 Euros (Min 2)

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 Private Tours 
                                                                                  

Booking a private photo expert allows you to select the below carefully planned routes or when your photo guide contacts you directly (your email required), to make desired changes where possible according to your interest.

St Paul's to Tower Bridge
Meet at St Paul’s Tube on Panyer Alley EC4, at the Café Nero next to the station and end at Tower Bridge.

We walk South around the rear of St. Paul's Cathedral towards the Millennium Bridge. Striking images of the bridge and St. Paul¹s and the bridge can be taken all the way a long this route. The views from the middle of the Millennium Bridge particularly towards Tower Bridge are superb. We then walk along the South bank past the Globe Theatre, past Winchester Palace and Francis Drake¹s ship The Golden Hind London where the mix of contemporary and medieval makes spectacular images. The tour continues over London Bridge, past HMS Belfast and ends at probably the most spectacular parts of London to photograph, Tower Bridge and the new City Hall development. If time we review the images in detail together in one of the local cafes below Tower Bridge.


The Best of the Thames
Meet at Waterloo station, under the main clock at exit 3 at the Red Post Box in front of Costa Coffee and end at Westminster tube on the corner of Westminster Bridge.

We walk from the station to the London Eye and photograph the Eye, Westminster Bridge, and Big Ben from the South Bank. Along the South Bank excellent photographs can be taken and also from the Hungerford footbridge. The trip continues past the National Theatre and up to Waterloo Bridge. The views from Waterloo Bridge towards the east are fabulous at any time of day. Along the North Embankment towards Cleopatra's needle and Westminster Bridge we stop several times along the way to shoot the bridges, the Eye and Big Ben. At this point we stop for coffee at the Embankment café and take a detailed look at your images in Photoshop. The trip finishes at Westminster tube on the corner of Westminster Bridge.


Unsolved Mysterious
Meet at Liverpool Station – Liverpool Street Exit in front of McDonalds and end at
the Prospect of Whitby Pub - Wapping


Venture through the streets and lanes once inhabited by the famous murderer “Jack the Ripper” and a decadent British society of the turn of the century, wander an area that throughout the times was and still is a multicultural hub where the photo opportunities pass before your eyes. You will discover the gangland of the 60s run by the infamous Cray Brothers and visit the hot spots of crimes and riots, follow the clues by browsing the architecture, discovering small shops and pubs and people watching that you will help you to compose and create a story through pictures. You will also be encourage to shoot with a sense of producing a group of images that will then on the final editing be assembled together to show your personal view of the walk. You will learn the best way of putting your pictures together in order to create a reportage work.

PhotoJournalism Experience © Great East End Markets  Special Tour on Request only

The walk starts at Bethnal Green Station, we head to the Flower Market in Columbia Road (a proper East End ambience); following to the Brick Lane Flea Market (trendy, multicultural and full of photo opportunities); we end our walk in the Old Spitalfields Market (foods and crafts). You will be encourage to shoot with a sense of producing a group of images that will then on the final editing be assembled together to show your personal view of the walk. You will learn the best way of putting your pictures together in order to create a reportage work.

All Private Tours Available Year round - on request

Daily : 2:30pm - 6:30pm

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Tour Fee : 300 Euros (Max 4)

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 Additional Information                                                                                                   

• Participants must have a basic knowledge of their cameras.
• We reserve the right to change the route based on local conditions.
• Tours leave rain or shine. In extreme conditions please call the local number.
• We suggest good walking shoes, a lightweight poncho, in case it rains and in high temperatures a small bottle of water & sun hat.
• A lightweight tripod is recommended for evening sessions
• Clients who have not booked this activity in conjunction with a hotel are advised to provide contact details.
• Cancellation fees may apply.

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